Manifolding sales book



1,636,801 July 26, 1927. E. K. BOTTLE MAN IFOLDING SALES BO 0K INVENTOR M YMQAJLU ATTORNEY Patented July 26, 1927.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD'KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA, A. CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.'-

Application filed May 23, 1922. Serial No. 562,955.

This invention relates to manifolding devices andwith respect to its more specific felgtures to manifolding books, padsand the One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a practical manifolding device adapted to be utilized in manifolding books for makinga plurality of, as from four to six, records at one writing, and wherein the construction and the relation between the record leaves and the transfer leaves provides for convenient manipulation and setting of the book notwithstanding the large number of records to be .simultaneously made.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement/of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth,and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 illustrates, in perspective, an embodiment of the invention designed for making six records at one writing;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, partly in section;

Fig. 3 diagrammatically illustrates in perspective, a modification of Fig. 1, adapted. for making six records at one writing, Fig. 4; is a further modification adapted for making five records; and

Fig. 5 is a still further modification which may be utilized for making four records.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings and particularly to Fig. 1 thereof, the numeral 1 indicates a pad of record leaves of such material, as aper, that when the leaves are superpose one upon another with the interposition of transfer material a writing made upon an upper leaf will be transferred to the underlying leaves. In the embodiment now referred to these leaves are relatively opaque and four opaque direct copies are made at one writing. It will be understood that transparent material, as tissue paper, may be employed. The pad 1 is composed of a plurality of superposed record sheets bound together at one end by the staples 2. As all of these 'sheets are alike, a description of one will suflice. One of these sheets is shown in .open condition in Fig. 1, and is composed of the four leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6, the leaves 3, 5 and 6 being of substantially the same length and width, the leaf 4 having an extended or stub portion 7 for binding pursheet is again folded intermediate its en s onlines parallel with the line 9, that is, between the'folded end 9 and the end constituting the free ends of the original sheet, as generally indicated at 10, so as to provide the four/relatively superposed record leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6 abovereferred to. To the underface of the original leaf 3 is pasted a supplemental, preferably transparent, record leaf 11, the pasted area being indicated by the shading at 12, this area being at one side of the folding line 9. lhe supplemental leaf 11 lies in superposed relation to the original leaf 3 and when the book is set for operation as illustrated in Fig. 1, this supplemental leaf is in superposed relation to the four leaves'3, 4, 5 and 6. It will be understood that the showing in Fig. 1 is mainly diagrammaticin order to clearly disclose the relative arrangement of the parts. In the actual manifolding padthddld line between the leaves 5 and 6 will be closely adjacent so as practically to be identical with the fold line between the leaves 3 and a The numeral 13 indicates a backing which may be made of pasteboard or other relatively stiff substantial material, and the bound end of the pad 1 may be held to the backing 13 by grolonging the staples 2 for the purpose. r separate staples may be employedl The numeral 14 indieates an extension of the backing 13, the extension being hinged Oil to the backing as by means of the flexible 1% connection 15, the axis of this hinge being till parallel to the adjacent stub oi the ad 1. Near the hinge 15 supplemental pa composed of tissue leaves is removably fastened to the extension 14 as by being stapled thereto. The leaves of the supplemental pad are indicatedat 16, one at these leaves being shown as in superposed relation to the leaves of the pad 1.

In the present embodiment the transfer material, which is adapted to transier inscription from one to another oil the superposed record leaves, includes the transfer leaves 17 and 18. The transfer lost 17 is bound in the pad with the record leaves t and is of sullicient length to extend across that told line of the uppermost record sheet consequent from the intermediate folding; i. e., it extends across the fold line formed by folding the two-ply sheet above referred to. As illustrated, it is substantially co -extensive with the length of two connected record leaves. The transfer leaf 18, when in operative aosition, is adapted to lie between the record leaves 5 and 6 and works on an axis at an angle to the bound end of the pad. in the embodiment illustrated the transfer leaf 18 is stapled to the backing 13, as for instance indicated at 30, Fig. 4, and extends from the side of the backing so that its working plane is substantially at ri htangles to the longitudinal dimension of the pad 1. The trans fer leat 18 may proceed from either the right side or the left side of the backing 13, although the left side is preferred. In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. l the long transfer leaf 1? is folded along the line 19 which is substantially coincident with the fold line 10, providing two transfer leaf sections 20 and 21; also in the same embodiment eachof the sections 20 and 21 is coated with transfer-material on both "faces so as to transfer impressions direct to the record leaves a and 5 and reverse to the supplemental record leaf 11 and the supplemental tissue leaf 16. That face of the transfer leat 18 which is adapted to lie against the record leaf 5 is coated with transfer material, the opposite lace thereof being preferably uncoated.

lo facilitate the grasping oil the heel: while manipulating the leaves, the backing 13 may be made sufiiciently long to provide an area for supporting substantially the full longitudinal extent of the two-ply record sheet hereinbetore referred to. The pro l gnged portion is indicated by the numeral in the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, the supplemental pad of tissue leaves, instead of workin from the bound end of the main pad 1, worlis from that side of the main pad opposite the side from which the transfor leaf 18 works. In such instance, the backing 13 may have a hinged lateral extension 22, to which is fastened a metallic accuser having resilient jaws 23 and 24: between.

which is'firmly but removably grasped the stub end of the pad of leaves 16.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 4: is identical with that illustration'in Fig. 1 eX-' cept that no supplemental pad of leaves 16 is used. By consequence the hinged extension 14 is also eliminated. With this form five records are made atone writing.

I In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the construction is identical with that illustrated in Fig. l, except that the supplemental tissue leaf 1]. is omitted, so that four records are made at one writing.

0pemtc'0ns.-Referring now more particularly to Fig. 5, and assuming the various leaves to be flattened out intooperative position, and inscription to be made on the original leaf 3, this inscription will be transferred to the duplicate leaf 5, the triplicate leaf 6 and the quadruplicate leaf l, each of which leaves will receive the impression direct. There will thus be provided four direct copies on opaque paper. After inscription the original and duplicate leaves are turned back (to the right in Fig. 5), where they will be received and be supported by the prolonged portion 31 of the backing 13'. Thereupon the transfer leaf i8 is turned to the side, the triplicate leaf 6 is grasped and thrown back (to the right, Fig. 5), whereupon the four leaves 3, l, 5 and 6 may be readily torn from the stub along the weakened line 8.

After removal, the transfer leaf 1? will be found lying upon the next set of record till) leaves whereupon, by reversal of the oper- Y ation just described, the book may be set for subsequent inscription.

The operation of the modification illustrated in Fig- 4 is in the main similar to that set forth in connection with Fig. 5. By the provision of the supplemental tissue lea-"f 11, however, five records are made at one writing. The" various leaves may be torn apart and distributed as desired. In tearing the leaves apart along the fold lines, which are preferably weakened, the tissue leaf 1]. will remain attached to the ori inal leaf 3, but may subsequently be torn t erefrom as will be understood.

The operations of the forms illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 are the same as above explained except that one of the supplemental leaves 16, whether coming from the bound and ot the pad or from the side thereof, will be interposed between the transfer leat section 20 and the triplicate record leaf 6, so as to receive the inscription on its under face. in this modification the supplemental leaves 13 are intended to be temporarily retained in the book while the leaves of the main pad are distributed as desired. After all the leaves of the book have been used the supplemental pad leaves 16 may be remov in lit) pad form and stored away for reference, It is to be understood that the hinged extensions 14 and 22, may be of sufiicient length to form a cover for the main pad 1, when folded into place thereupon.

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished among others the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and' all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of Iangua e, might be said to fall therebetween.

I aving described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A sales book compr sing 1n combination a back, two pads bound to said back ad'acent to each other, with the free ends of the l extending in opposite directions, said pads being sufliciently spaced to permit the back to be folded to superpose the ads, one of said pads comprising a set of superposed leaves, and the other comprising a plurality of sets of leaves, each set comprising four leaves attached together end to end to form a strip, said strip being folded to superpose the third and fourth leaves upon the second and first respectively, and being folded a second time to bring all four leaves of the set in registry with each other, the first leaf of each set being extended beyond the others to form'an extension by which thesets are bound together in the pad, said pad being pivoted to said support at the end opposite said binding, and a carbon strip boupd within the pad above the record leaves and of a length equal to two of said record leaves,

whereby it may be folded to extend between the record leaves, and a carbon sheet attached to the back at the side of said second mentioned pad.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE.

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